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13- and 18-year-old charged after Bourke motel break-in

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04 April 2025, 6:40 AM

13- and 18-year-old charged after Bourke motel break-in

Two more people, an 18-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy, have been charged in relation to a break-in at a Bourke motel in late February where a group threatened two people. 

 

Police were called to a motel on Anson Street in Bourke around 4:50 am on Saturday 22 February following reports of a break-in. 

 

A group of people allegedly threatened first threatened a 24-year-old man and a 52-year-old man with knives and stole cash, bank cards, and mobile phones. 

 

The older man suffered a minor cut to his neck. No other injuries were reported. 



The group then crashed through a locked gate with an allegedly stolen white Holden sedan and fled the scene. 

 

Specialist officers examined the crime scene. 

 

Around 11am on Saturday 22 February, officers attached to Central West Police District located the sedan on Lewana Place in Orange. 

 

The vehicle had front-end damage to the windscreen and hood was seized for forensic examination. 


 

Following inquiries, an 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were charged and remain before the courts.

 

Police attended two homes on Cullie Street and Adelaide Street in Bourke on 2 and 3 April and arrested the 18-year-old man and 13-year-old boy. 

 

They were taken to Bourke Police Station and charged with aggravated breaking and entering, committing a serious indictable offence while armed, and being carried in a conveyance taken without consent of the owner. 

 

The man was refused bail before Lightning Ridge Local Court on Thursday 3 April and will appear before Bourke Local Court on Thursday 5 June. 

 

The boy was refused bail and will appear before children's court on Friday, 4 April.